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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Jun Hasegawa, Hino, JP;
Toshio Nakamura, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system includes an endoscope with a bending portion installed on a distal side of an insertion portion; a bending drive unit which drives and bends the bending portion electrically; a map information storage unit which stores map information digitized by associating an amount of bending and a corresponding three-dimensional position and direction of a distal end of the insertion portion with each other, with a position near a rear end of the bending portion being designated as a reference position; a position and direction detecting unit which detects the position and direction of the distal end of the insertion portion; and a bending control unit which controls the bending drive unit to orient the distal end of the insertion portion into a target direction using the map information.